New Mexico Becomes 3rd State to End Qualified Immunity
New Mexico becomes third state to end qualified immunity, joining Colorado and Connecticut in restricting police protections from civil rights lawsuits.
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New Mexico Governor Reads Gallup the Riot Act
The old saying to misbehaving folks that you are going to “read them the riot act” if they don’t get in line became a reality when NM Gov Grisham invoked the little-used Riot Control Act to lock down the town of Gallup.
A Lovely Wedding Conundrum
Burt Likko thought he understood this six years ago: religion is religion, and business is business. But the Hobby Lobby case leaves the rules a whole lot blurrier.
2013-2014 Term Recap (Save Two)
It’s the close of the term, and here’s a recap of the major cases from SCOTUS this year. Some surprising results. Some, not so much. Alsotoo: we’re waiting until Monday for the Hobby Lobby and Harris decisions.
Sorry, Tea Leaf Readers
A potentially mighty case dies not with a shout, but with a one-sentence memorandum, full of legal formality, signifying nothing.
The Price Of Citizenship (Updated)
New Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled today in favor of a plaintiff who sued for violation of one of that state’s anti-discrimination laws based on a photographer refusing to take pictures at her same-sex commitment ceremony. Burt Likko presents a digest of the decision.
